LAKEWOOD — The D’Evelyn offensive machine was running on two cylinders Saturday afternoon at Trailblazer Stadium.

No. 4 and No. 33.

Senior quarterback Garrett Griffeth and junior wideout Connor Davis hooked up 11 times for 127 yards and three touchdowns as the Jaguars topped Windsor 31-14 and advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals for the first time.

“G (Griffeth) is the team. He came in a little banged up, but he did his job for us,” D’Evelyn coach Jeremy Bennett said. “And you can’t cover 33 (Davis). He’s not the fastest kid, but he runs a great route.”

The Jaguars (11-1) struggled to find their rhythm in the early going as Windsor (7-5) controlled the clock with its steady running game. It was the D’Evelyn defense that set up the Jaguars for their first score, by recovering a Trevor Okomoto fumble deep in Windsor territory.

“They came out more intense and more unified,” said Okomoto, Windsor’s quarterback. “Their defense wanted it more than our offense did.”

Windsor evened the score 7-7 after recovering a D’Evelyn fumble on the Jaguars’ next series. From there, the two teams traded jabs, balancing first downs and touchdowns evenly until halftime.

In the D’Evelyn locker room, Bennett pulled out a motivational tool that worked in last week’s first-round victory over Conifer.

“I challenged their manhood a little bit,” Bennett said. “We came out and decided that we were going to a nickel (defense). (Okomoto) was going to have to look at one of our defensive backs regardless of where he was staring on the field.”

Okomoto was intercepted twice and sacked three times in the second half. With the D’Evelyn defense holding the Wizards at bay, Griffeth and Davis took off.

Davis snagged a 3-yard score midway through the third quarter and a 9-yard strike midway through the fourth.

“We have five exceptional receivers,” Griffeth said. “He can throw to anyone. I’m not the fastest, but I can find a way to get open. I just catch the ball. That’s all I do.”

When Griffeth wasn’t throwing to his favorite target, he was bouncing around the corners, breaking off runs of 19, 17, 14 and 11 yards down the stretch.

“We just kept them guessing,” said Griffeth, who finished the day 16-of-28 passing for 187 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. “We kept throwing new plays at them, new formations. We kept them on their heels.”

And as for being “banged up?”

“I feel the way you’re supposed to feel after a football game,” Griffeth said. “. . . good, but sore.”

Okomoto finished 10-of-22 passing for 143 yards, two scores and two interceptions. Sam Collentine led Windsor rushers with 78 yards on 19 carries.

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